Summer Climate Change in the Midwest and Great Plains due to Agricultural Development during the Twentieth Century

Agricultural development is among the most significant forms of land-use change globally. In central North America it has consisted of cropland expansion in the early 1900s, yield intensification starting in the 1930s, and the development of large irrigated areas beginning in the 1950s. The area of...

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Main Authors: Nikiel, Catherine A. (Author), Eltahir, Elfatih A. B. (Author)
Other Authors: Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Meteorological Society, 2020-05-28T18:13:48Z.
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